Phineas Pratt

Abt 1593 - 1680  (87 years)

• Name	Phineas Pratt  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1593	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	per MAYFLOWER INCREASINGS by Susan Roser prob. born in England
  Note	Mayflower Increasings By Susan Roser Page 103 Mayflower Families In Progress - Degory Priest Page 1
  Note	Mary (PRIEST) Pratt Mary Priest b. Leyden, Holland ca. 1613; living Charlestown 7 March 1686/7 (when Charlestown Town Council provided for her support); d. before 22 July 1689. She m. Plymouht ca. 1630 Phineas PRATT, b. prob. England ca. 1593; d. Charlestown 19 April 1689. Phineas was first at Weymouth, then Plymouth and then Charlestown. He arrived at Damariscore on the SPARROW May or June 1622. Phineas Pratt was one of Thomas Weston's men at Wessaguset and moved to Plymouth when that colony broke up. His narrative is consid- ered of importance in furnishing details of the early days in the colony. An article on John and Ebenezer Pratt of Oyster Bay LI NY by Rodney Macdonough identifies John Pratt of Kingstowne, RI and of Long Island as the son of Phineas and Mary (Priest) Pratt. This John Pratt is not mentioned in the will of Phineas but there is a memorandum in the Middlesex Co. probate files (1st series #17922) dated 21 July 1738 which reads 'pay to the children severally if living or to their heirs if deceas'd - John and Peter are dead.' He moved from Plymouth to Charlestown between 17 Sept 1646 and 20 May 1648 when he purchased a house and garden in Charlestown. On the last day of June 1674 Phineas Pratt deposed he was aged eighty one years or there abouts. The will of Phinehas Pratt of Charlestown in the county of Midellsex, Joyner dated 8 Jan 1677, sworn 15:4:80, names wife Mary Pratt; son Joseph Pratt and 'all my children.' His inv is dated 21:3:1680. On 28 Dec 1722 Daniel Fletcher of Dunstable petitioned as assignee of one eighth part of 300 acres in Dunstable belonging to the heirs of Phineas Pratt, which eighth he purchased of Aaron Pratt of Hingham, a son of the deceased Phinehas. On 31 Julyy 1738 the returns of the Commissioners gave the court the following heirs who were then assigned their shares: John, dec.; Peter, dec.; Samuel, Daniel and Mary. The other three having previously disposed of their shares, viz.: Mercy, Aaron and Joseph's heirs. Mayflower Families in Progress - Degory Priest Family 2 Houston Clayton Library
  Death	19 Apr 1680	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13328	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Mary Priest,   b. Abt 1613, Leyden, Holland d. Bef 22 Jul 1689, Charlestown (Age < 76 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1630	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Children	> 1. John Pratt,   b. Abt 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. Aft 14 Mar 1697/98, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, -USA (Age > 67 years) > 2. Mary Pratt,   b. Abt 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 11 Feb 1702, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 69 years) > 3. Samuel Pratt,   b. Abt 1636, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 26 Mar 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 40 years) > 4. Daniel Pratt,   b. Abt 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. Between Jun 1680 and 1690, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, -USA (Age 40 years) > 5. Mercy Pratt,   b. Abt 1642, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. Bef 1703 (Age < 60 years) > 6. Joseph Pratt,   b. Abt 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 24 Dec 1712, Charlestown (Age 67 years) > 7. Peter Pratt,   b. Abt 1647, Charlestown d. 24 Mar 1688, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, -USA (Age 41 years) > 8. Aaron Pratt,   b. Abt 1649, Charlestown d. 23 Feb 1735/36, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F3595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).